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Text:How Long, Dear Savior
Author:Isaac Watts
Tune:NORTHFIELD
Composer:Jeremiah Ingalls

199. How Long, Dear Savior

1 How long, dear Savior, O how long
Shall this bright hour delay?
Fly swift around, ye wheels of time,
And bring the promised day.

2 From the third heaven where God resides,
That holy, happy place,
The new Jerusalem comes down,
Adorned with shining grace.

3 The God of glory down to men
Removes his blest abode;
Men, the dear object of his grace,
And he the living God.

Text Information
First Line: How long, dear Savior, O how long
Title: How Long, Dear Savior
Author: Isaac Watts (1701)
Publication Date: 1996
Topic: Children: Psalm 23rd; Comfort; God's glory (3 more...)
Tune Information
Name: NORTHFIELD
Composer: Jeremiah Ingalls (1804)
Key: B♭ Major



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